I am writing you this letter due to our problem in Tuktoyaktuk. Our problem is that we are finding fuel too expensive for us to heat our homes in the north. With that fact, I suggest that we find an energy source that is not as expensive as fuel and that is renewable. I am suggesting an alternative energy source such as geothermal energy. Geothermal Energy is a clean and sustainable power source that is generated from the heat within the Earth. Resources for geothermal power range from shallow ground water to hot magma deep bellow the Earth's surface. Geothermal energy has many great advantages such as, it have significant cost saving in the long run, it is less expensive than any other forms of energy, reduces the reliance on fossil fuels which means no fuel is needed but the main benefit is that it does not creating any pollution. Additionally, it would create more jobs for people in Tuktoyaktuk who are investing in installing it to their homes. There are some disadvantages though, but I think they aren’t hard to cope with. Geothermal energy needs to be near to large bodies of water due to it using lots of water. Well, since we have a big ocean and that Tuktoyaktuk is surrounded by water it would be great. This renewable energy source would benefit us in Tuktoyaktuk so much.
Sincerely, Kolbi Bernhardt
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Breanna
Dear, Jackie Jacobson
I’m writing this letter to inform you about fuel in Tuktoyaktuk. Fuel is getting to expensive for residents in the Tuk and we need a reliable energy source. Non- renewable is really hard to get in the north. The fuel has to be trucked in. Some possible solutions for helping the residents are solar energy, thermal energy. Wind turbines, and wood pellets. To me, my best solution would be solar energy. Solar energy is, simply, energy provided by the sun. It is a renewable type of energy and heat that comes from the sun. It works by capturing the suns energy and absorbing it to your solar electric system. There are also different ways you can use solar energy. Some examples are: solar roof tiles, homemade solar heaters, and hot solar heating systems. Benefits for solar energy are: its free, it’s clean, saves you money and creates jobs. This is a good advantage for people in the north. It won’t make a mess. Also it would create jobs for young youth and also adults. It would save you a lot of money. The big disadvantage is that we don’t have 24 hour sunlight. We won’t be able to rely on this in the winter. In the end, solar energy is a good reliable source for anyone in the world; as long as you have sunlight you have energy.
If you are more interested in this don’t be shy, give us a call: 1-867-678-xxxx
Like us on Facebook: Solar Energy in the North
Follow us on Twitter: @solarenergyinthenorth
Sincerely,
Breanna Wolki J ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: Hugh Robert
From: Trent Villebrun
Date: January 5th, 2015
There is a major issue in this day and age. The cost of fuel is expensive. Fuel is also horrible for the earth and the environment.
I recommend you inform the citizens of Fort McPherson about the alternative energy source, wood pellets and also explain the costs, benefits and how you can get a rebate from the power corp for the installation.
Wood pellets are an excellent example of heating your home using an alternative energy source that benefits yourself and the earth. Although, these few things need to be taken into consideration: the cost of wood pellets, the price of bringing wood pellets up north, the cost for the installation of the wood pellet stove and how many you’ll need for the size of your house. Wood pellets are sold in bulk, the price of depends on the amount of wood pellets the bag contains.
In conclusion, everyone should know about wood pellet stoves and the positive impact it will have on the environment so that in one hundred years, our great grandchildren will walk on the same qualitied earth. This is good for not only the human race, but for every other species inhabiting this planet.
Best regards, Trent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proposal 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: Inuvik console from: Brooke Buchanan Date: January 5, 2015 Dear, Inuvik consular Inuvik used to have 2 natural gas wells to heat and power homes home’s, appliances etc…
But one was taken over by water and the other almost empty. Over all were paying way too much for power and heat that isn’t even around us. I am writing to you to say how our community is struggling over this situation and there are solutions to fixing that.
I suggest we use wind energy for the problem. The turbines are quicker to give the power and people can pay less for heating also powering their homes.
Wind energy is great for helping the environment then destroying. Turbines stop 18,000bls of coal from being produce which is CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) that can ruin the atmosphere. If the coal is less and less producing then a primary fossil fuel can be stopped. Turbines stop a lot of this from happening also can stop such as sulfur Dioxide, Nitrous oxide, and mercury from being released into the environment. NWT people care about the land and don’t want it getting ruined anymore; the wind energy can do a lot about that. Also turbines don’t provide anymore to global warming, no pollution for the air and water. Wind turbines do stop 1.8million tons a year that can fill up 180 trains of CO2 into the environment, and by doing so they do not consume anything to with water like other energy’s.
The cost to have just one turbine would be around 500.000$, The blades itself are 100,000$ each the fact that they are made from the lightest metal to only need a 7-8mph wind for the blades to move that will produce 75%-85% of electricity for a home. For the money asked to have one of these wind turbines in Inuvik would be great due to the fact that one small turbine can power 300 homes, and there is this one turbine that was made in Germany that can power 5,000 homes, in the US they had one and it could only power because the Americans use twice of more power than in other countries. Except that this type of turbine is a bit larger and would cost a bit more but is cheaper than buying quite a few small turbines that would take up space and cost more to make room for them on the land, That is why the cost for the large turbines would be better also power the homes for reasonable priced.
In conclusion if there was going to happen every person in Inuvik would not be so stressed about paying their bills and not having enough for food or other bills such as water and rent. This can also be great for the land and be maybe none in the world about how well the turbines are doing up north in such climate with a town mainly in the middle of nowhere. That this one can save money.
Thank you for considering my point from everyone in the science class. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proposal 3To: Jackie Jacobson, MLA Nunakput
From: Bella Elias
Date: January 7, 2015.
Dear Mr. Jacobson,
I write this letter to propose a solution about Inuvik fuel problem. The problem of Inuvik’s fuel is that it is costing hundreds of thousands of dollars for home owners and is getting too expensive for tenants to live in the houses of Inuvik NT. Inuvik’s fuel problem is now happening because the amount of natural gas around Inuvik is becoming limited where as it is getting expensive. There are stories saying that water got into their supplies connecting with the natural gas, which can relate to the higher cost. This issue is causing housing tenants to become more and more frustrated with the costs to live in the north, and the home owners are just as worst with paying the maintenance and repair costs.
There are a few good solutions that can benefit the north rather than using fossil fuels that are too expensive and which pollutes our environment. A couple of solutions are water turbines, solar energy, pellet energy and wind energy. A good one that I suggest is using pellet energy because it is a good alternative energy source and has a good potential to use in the North. It doesn’t hurt our environment as much as fossil fuels do, it costs less, they burn longer, provide more heat, and it’s affordable to most of the home owners and tenants. Using the wood pellet stoves also reduces the pollution of our fresh air from fossil fuels. It is also safer to deliver, for example: you can clean up the pellets if there is a spill, with fossil fuel you can’t.
The Arctic Energy Alliance (AEA) is one of the only businesses I know that is helping us towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The AEA is a not-for-profit society with a mandate “to help communities, consumers, producers, regulators and policymakers to work together to reduce the costs and environmental impacts of energy and utility services in the Northwest Territories." This is a business that would give a certain amount of rebate to help pay for the installation and the pellet stoves within the Northwest Territories. Buying energy efficient products will help you save energy costs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions like using pellet stoves.
Recognizing the Pellet Energy more in the North and finding or providing finance would help the people of the North save energy costs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. If the people of the North were to take a stand about this issue, leaders and the government would have to pay attention. If this has been brought to peoples attentions, there are other places that could help out in this development such as: the government subsidy, companies and businesses in the energy industry, etc., sometimes all it takes one person to start.
With the fuel issue in the town of Inuvik, for starters they could start giving the intensions to the other Northern communities about what pellet energy is and how it’s a good energy source. Suggestions for the people of Inuvik and what they can do to get the people of the North’s attention about pellet energy: to start they can give notice to the people of Inuvik, broadcast it on CBC News, write about it in Inuvik Drum, they can start protests, have public meetings including presentations, start up a website, and they can source money-an example of sourcing money is the government subsidy, they can subsidize the whole community to ‘Go Green’. There are so many things the community of Inuvik can do to get the people’s attention; all it takes is one to two people to introduce the topic.
To: Gary Bailey From: Laney Beaulieu Date: January, 5th 2015
Dear Mr. Bailey, It has been brought to my attention that while Fort Resolution gets its electricity through a renewable resource (hydro power) our heating remains a product of propane and other fossil fuels. These fuels are expensive, non-renewable and harsh on the environment. I propose that we as a community collectively switch to heating our homes using biomass. Biomass is less expensive, renewable, and produces almost no environmental impact. Biomass or more commonly referred to as wood pellets are pellets made of condensed sawdust that can be burned in a wood pellet stove to heat a home. The first thing to consider is how we would get the supply of wood pellets. It just so happens that Fort Resolution just signed on to supply wood pellets for a similar project that is happening in Hay River, a community just outside Fort Resolution. So, Fort Resolution has the means to support its own biomass project. I did some research and uncovered that Fort Resolution has about 250 private dwellings. I also called a wood pellet stove distributor that is stationed in Yellowknife. They said that 250 pellet stoves with the piping (and a 10% off discount they gave me) would cost 1,125,000. I look at Fort Resolution and I see a problem. We are heating our homes with a power source that is quickly depleting. The answer is Biomass, a clean and cost effective power source that we can be proud of. Sincerely, Laney Beaulieu
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposal 5 To: Hugh Robert From: Dannika Peterson Date: January, 8th 2015
Dear Mr. Robert, I’m writing this proposal to say that in the Northwest Territories people in the communities are having a hard time to pay for their heating and electricity bills. So everyone in the communities would be better off with wood pellet stoves then fuel furnaces in their homes. Pellets are much safer and leave a much more reduced carbon footprint, and that’s exactly what we need in our community as well as others. You can save $506 by using a ton of wood pellets instead of using a ton of oil. The cost of one wood pellet stove ranges around $1700-$3000 and that’s not including the pellets. The price for pellets range depending on the amount and weight of them and you also have to think about how much it would cost to bring pellet stoves up North and who will install them. After they are brought up north and installed then you will see what a huge improvement we’ll have on our community. You can also produce more heat with fewer pellets. The stove only requires you to fill it up with pellets and it will do all the work for you such as automatically feeding the pellets into the flame with an auger and it automatically adjusts the rate to keep the room at a pre-set temperature with an electrical thermostat.To conclude I’d like to say that having wood pellet stoves would be an alternative source that would benefit the future of the communities in the North for the better and it also has more reasonable prices that everyone can afford.
To: Gary Bailey From: Taylor Mckay January 16, 2015.
Dear Mr. Gary Bailey, I am writing this proposal to you because I am concerned about the energy sources in Fort Resolution. Our energy sources in Fort Resolution are fossil fuels and wood stoves, the wood stoves are not that bad but it is the fossil fuels I am worried about. Fossil fuels are horrible for our environment and it is polluting our air. I think we need to do something about this and find a better solution. For example I think a great solution would be investing in a wood pellet stove, they are a very great source of energy because the material that is used to create the “pellets” are very environmentally friendly. They require installation and it may be a little expensive but I assure you that it is a great investment to getting a cleaner environment. The price for one pellet stove is between $1700 and $3000 and that is not including the cost of the actual pellets, the installation is cheaper than a standard fuel furnace. The cost of pellets depends on the weight of the pellets. Also, using a wood pellet stove requires electricity. There are plenty of advantages of using a wood pellet stove; it has lowered the cost to heat homes for many people because of the fuel being so expensive and the pellets are not dangerous in anyway which makes it easy to be stored anywhere. So that is why I think wood pellet stoves are a great way of heating our homes, every house in Fort Resolution should have a wood pellet stove because we need to start changing our ways with the world because of the fuel polluting our air and wood pellets are the most environmentally friendly way of helping make our earth healthier.
Sincerely, Taylor Mckay
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Gary From: Zach Date: December 18, 2014
Dear Mr. Bailey, I write this letter to propose a solution to a recurring problem of Fort Resolution. The problem is that we use an energy to heat our homes that is harmful, not clean for the environment. The energy that we use now is fossil fuel; the poison goes into the air when it’s burned. I think we should switch from fossil fuel propane to wood pellet stove, because its cleaner on for environment. There are about 497 (2012) people that live in Fort Resolution. 3 people a house would be approximately 165 houses and all of the houses burn fossil fuel only the odd house uses fire wood, but they are still backed up by furnace (fossil fuel). There for that is a lot of fossil fuel being used every winter. I propose that we purchase a wood pellet stove for each house. They are very clean for the environment . You could buy them at home depot, home hardware, and Canadian tire. Pellet stoves normally cost 1,500 to 3,000. In conclusion, I think Fort Resolution should switch to pellet stoves because; it is cleaner for the environment, cheaper than fossil fuel. Pellet stoves will be good because it will open business opportunities. Thank you for considering to purchase the wood pellet stove for community members.
To: MLA of Nunakput
From: Kolbi Bernhardt
Date: Jan.10-15
Dear, MLA of Nunakput
I am writing you this letter due to our problem in Tuktoyaktuk. Our problem is that we are finding fuel too expensive for us to heat our homes in the north. With that fact, I suggest that we find an energy source that is not as expensive as fuel and that is renewable. I am suggesting an alternative energy source such as geothermal energy. Geothermal Energy is a clean and sustainable power source that is generated from the heat within the Earth. Resources for geothermal power range from shallow ground water to hot magma deep bellow the Earth's surface. Geothermal energy has many great advantages such as, it have significant cost saving in the long run, it is less expensive than any other forms of energy, reduces the reliance on fossil fuels which means no fuel is needed but the main benefit is that it does not creating any pollution. Additionally, it would create more jobs for people in Tuktoyaktuk who are investing in installing it to their homes. There are some disadvantages though, but I think they aren’t hard to cope with. Geothermal energy needs to be near to large bodies of water due to it using lots of water. Well, since we have a big ocean and that Tuktoyaktuk is surrounded by water it would be great. This renewable energy source would benefit us in Tuktoyaktuk so much.
Sincerely, Kolbi Bernhardt
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Breanna
Dear, Jackie Jacobson
I’m writing this letter to inform you about fuel in Tuktoyaktuk. Fuel is getting to expensive for residents in the Tuk and we need a reliable energy source. Non- renewable is really hard to get in the north. The fuel has to be trucked in. Some possible solutions for helping the residents are solar energy, thermal energy. Wind turbines, and wood pellets. To me, my best solution would be solar energy. Solar energy is, simply, energy provided by the sun. It is a renewable type of energy and heat that comes from the sun. It works by capturing the suns energy and absorbing it to your solar electric system. There are also different ways you can use solar energy. Some examples are: solar roof tiles, homemade solar heaters, and hot solar heating systems. Benefits for solar energy are: its free, it’s clean, saves you money and creates jobs. This is a good advantage for people in the north. It won’t make a mess. Also it would create jobs for young youth and also adults. It would save you a lot of money. The big disadvantage is that we don’t have 24 hour sunlight. We won’t be able to rely on this in the winter. In the end, solar energy is a good reliable source for anyone in the world; as long as you have sunlight you have energy.
If you are more interested in this don’t be shy, give us a call: 1-867-678-xxxx
Like us on Facebook: Solar Energy in the North
Follow us on Twitter: @solarenergyinthenorth
Sincerely,
Breanna Wolki J
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To: Hugh Robert
From: Trent Villebrun
Date: January 5th, 2015
There is a major issue in this day and age. The cost of fuel is expensive. Fuel is also horrible for the earth and the environment.
I recommend you inform the citizens of Fort McPherson about the alternative energy source, wood pellets and also explain the costs, benefits and how you can get a rebate from the power corp for the installation.
Wood pellets are an excellent example of heating your home using an alternative energy source that benefits yourself and the earth. Although, these few things need to be taken into consideration: the cost of wood pellets, the price of bringing wood pellets up north, the cost for the installation of the wood pellet stove and how many you’ll need for the size of your house. Wood pellets are sold in bulk, the price of depends on the amount of wood pellets the bag contains.
In conclusion, everyone should know about wood pellet stoves and the positive impact it will have on the environment so that in one hundred years, our great grandchildren will walk on the same qualitied earth. This is good for not only the human race, but for every other species inhabiting this planet.
Best regards, Trent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proposal 2
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To: Inuvik console
from: Brooke Buchanan
Date: January 5, 2015
Dear, Inuvik consular
Inuvik used to have 2 natural gas wells to heat and power homes home’s, appliances etc…
But one was taken over by water and the other almost empty. Over all were paying way too much for power and heat that isn’t even around us. I am writing to you to say how our community is struggling over this situation and there are solutions to fixing that.
I suggest we use wind energy for the problem. The turbines are quicker to give the power and people can pay less for heating also powering their homes.
Wind energy is great for helping the environment then destroying. Turbines stop 18,000bls of coal from being produce which is CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) that can ruin the atmosphere. If the coal is less and less producing then a primary fossil fuel can be stopped. Turbines stop a lot of this from happening also can stop such as sulfur Dioxide, Nitrous oxide, and mercury from being released into the environment. NWT people care about the land and don’t want it getting ruined anymore; the wind energy can do a lot about that. Also turbines don’t provide anymore to global warming, no pollution for the air and water. Wind turbines do stop 1.8million tons a year that can fill up 180 trains of CO2 into the environment, and by doing so they do not consume anything to with water like other energy’s.
The cost to have just one turbine would be around 500.000$, The blades itself are 100,000$ each the fact that they are made from the lightest metal to only need a 7-8mph wind for the blades to move that will produce 75%-85% of electricity for a home. For the money asked to have one of these wind turbines in Inuvik would be great due to the fact that one small turbine can power 300 homes, and there is this one turbine that was made in Germany that can power 5,000 homes, in the US they had one and it could only power because the Americans use twice of more power than in other countries. Except that this type of turbine is a bit larger and would cost a bit more but is cheaper than buying quite a few small turbines that would take up space and cost more to make room for them on the land, That is why the cost for the large turbines would be better also power the homes for reasonable priced.
In conclusion if there was going to happen every person in Inuvik would not be so stressed about paying their bills and not having enough for food or other bills such as water and rent. This can also be great for the land and be maybe none in the world about how well the turbines are doing up north in such climate with a town mainly in the middle of nowhere. That this one can save money.
Thank you for considering my point from everyone in the science class.
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Proposal 3To: Jackie Jacobson, MLA Nunakput
From: Bella Elias
Date: January 7, 2015.
Dear Mr. Jacobson,
I write this letter to propose a solution about Inuvik fuel problem. The problem of Inuvik’s fuel is that it is costing hundreds of thousands of dollars for home owners and is getting too expensive for tenants to live in the houses of Inuvik NT. Inuvik’s fuel problem is now happening because the amount of natural gas around Inuvik is becoming limited where as it is getting expensive. There are stories saying that water got into their supplies connecting with the natural gas, which can relate to the higher cost. This issue is causing housing tenants to become more and more frustrated with the costs to live in the north, and the home owners are just as worst with paying the maintenance and repair costs.
There are a few good solutions that can benefit the north rather than using fossil fuels that are too expensive and which pollutes our environment. A couple of solutions are water turbines, solar energy, pellet energy and wind energy. A good one that I suggest is using pellet energy because it is a good alternative energy source and has a good potential to use in the North. It doesn’t hurt our environment as much as fossil fuels do, it costs less, they burn longer, provide more heat, and it’s affordable to most of the home owners and tenants. Using the wood pellet stoves also reduces the pollution of our fresh air from fossil fuels. It is also safer to deliver, for example: you can clean up the pellets if there is a spill, with fossil fuel you can’t.
The Arctic Energy Alliance (AEA) is one of the only businesses I know that is helping us towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The AEA is a not-for-profit society with a mandate “to help communities, consumers, producers, regulators and policymakers to work together to reduce the costs and environmental impacts of energy and utility services in the Northwest Territories." This is a business that would give a certain amount of rebate to help pay for the installation and the pellet stoves within the Northwest Territories. Buying energy efficient products will help you save energy costs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions like using pellet stoves.
Recognizing the Pellet Energy more in the North and finding or providing finance would help the people of the North save energy costs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. If the people of the North were to take a stand about this issue, leaders and the government would have to pay attention. If this has been brought to peoples attentions, there are other places that could help out in this development such as: the government subsidy, companies and businesses in the energy industry, etc., sometimes all it takes one person to start.
With the fuel issue in the town of Inuvik, for starters they could start giving the intensions to the other Northern communities about what pellet energy is and how it’s a good energy source. Suggestions for the people of Inuvik and what they can do to get the people of the North’s attention about pellet energy: to start they can give notice to the people of Inuvik, broadcast it on CBC News, write about it in Inuvik Drum, they can start protests, have public meetings including presentations, start up a website, and they can source money-an example of sourcing money is the government subsidy, they can subsidize the whole community to ‘Go Green’. There are so many things the community of Inuvik can do to get the people’s attention; all it takes is one to two people to introduce the topic.
Sincerely,
Bella Elias
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Proposal 4
To: Gary Bailey
From: Laney Beaulieu
Date: January, 5th 2015
Dear Mr. Bailey,
It has been brought to my attention that while Fort Resolution gets its electricity through a renewable resource (hydro power) our heating remains a product of propane and other fossil fuels. These fuels are expensive, non-renewable and harsh on the environment.
I propose that we as a community collectively switch to heating our homes using biomass. Biomass is less expensive, renewable, and produces almost no environmental impact. Biomass or more commonly referred to as wood pellets are pellets made of condensed sawdust that can be burned in a wood pellet stove to heat a home.
The first thing to consider is how we would get the supply of wood pellets. It just so happens that Fort Resolution just signed on to supply wood pellets for a similar project that is happening in Hay River, a community just outside Fort Resolution. So, Fort Resolution has the means to support its own biomass project. I did some research and uncovered that Fort Resolution has about 250 private dwellings. I also called a wood pellet stove distributor that is stationed in Yellowknife. They said that 250 pellet stoves with the piping (and a 10% off discount they gave me) would cost 1,125,000.
I look at Fort Resolution and I see a problem. We are heating our homes with a power source that is quickly depleting. The answer is Biomass, a clean and cost effective power source that we can be proud of.
Sincerely,
Laney Beaulieu
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Proposal 5
To: Hugh Robert
From: Dannika Peterson
Date: January, 8th 2015
Dear Mr. Robert,
I’m writing this proposal to say that in the Northwest Territories people in the communities are having a hard time to pay for their heating and electricity bills. So everyone in the communities would be better off with wood pellet stoves then fuel furnaces in their homes. Pellets are much safer and leave a much more reduced carbon footprint, and that’s exactly what we need in our community as well as others. You can save $506 by using a ton of wood pellets instead of using a ton of oil.
The cost of one wood pellet stove ranges around $1700-$3000 and that’s not including the pellets. The price for pellets range depending on the amount and weight of them and you also have to think about how much it would cost to bring pellet stoves up North and who will install them. After they are brought up north and installed then you will see what a huge improvement we’ll have on our community. You can also produce more heat with fewer pellets. The stove only requires you to fill it up with pellets and it will do all the work for you such as automatically feeding the pellets into the flame with an auger and it automatically adjusts the rate to keep the room at a pre-set temperature with an electrical thermostat.To conclude I’d like to say that having wood pellet stoves would be an alternative source that would benefit the future of the communities in the North for the better and it also has more reasonable prices that everyone can afford.
Sincerely,
Dannika Peterson
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To: Gary Bailey
From: Taylor Mckay
January 16, 2015.
Dear Mr. Gary Bailey,
I am writing this proposal to you because I am concerned about the energy sources in Fort Resolution. Our energy sources in Fort Resolution are fossil fuels and wood stoves, the wood stoves are not that bad but it is the fossil fuels I am worried about. Fossil fuels are horrible for our environment and it is polluting our air. I think we need to do something about this and find a better solution. For example I think a great solution would be investing in a wood pellet stove, they are a very great source of energy because the material that is used to create the “pellets” are very environmentally friendly. They require installation and it may be a little expensive but I assure you that it is a great investment to getting a cleaner environment.
The price for one pellet stove is between $1700 and $3000 and that is not including the cost of the actual pellets, the installation is cheaper than a standard fuel furnace. The cost of pellets depends on the weight of the pellets. Also, using a wood pellet stove requires electricity.
There are plenty of advantages of using a wood pellet stove; it has lowered the cost to heat homes for many people because of the fuel being so expensive and the pellets are not dangerous in anyway which makes it easy to be stored anywhere.
So that is why I think wood pellet stoves are a great way of heating our homes, every house in Fort Resolution should have a wood pellet stove because we need to start changing our ways with the world because of the fuel polluting our air and wood pellets are the most environmentally friendly way of helping make our earth healthier.
Sincerely, Taylor Mckay
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To: Gary
From: Zach
Date: December 18, 2014
Dear Mr. Bailey,
I write this letter to propose a solution to a recurring problem of Fort Resolution. The problem is that we use an energy to heat our homes that is harmful, not clean for the environment. The energy that we use now is fossil fuel; the poison goes into the air when it’s burned.
I think we should switch from fossil fuel propane to wood pellet stove, because its cleaner on for environment.
There are about 497 (2012) people that live in Fort Resolution. 3 people a house would be approximately 165 houses and all of the houses burn fossil fuel only the odd house uses fire wood, but they are still backed up by furnace (fossil fuel). There for that is a lot of fossil fuel being used every winter.
I propose that we purchase a wood pellet stove for each house. They are very clean for the environment . You could buy them at home depot, home hardware, and Canadian tire. Pellet stoves normally cost 1,500 to 3,000.
In conclusion, I think Fort Resolution should switch to pellet stoves because; it is cleaner for the environment, cheaper than fossil fuel. Pellet stoves will be good because it will open business opportunities.
Thank you for considering to purchase the wood pellet stove for community members.
Sincerely,
Zach Mulder